Tag: death toll

China’s Death Toll in Bloody India-China Border Clash Remains a Mystery

China’s state-run media announced on Feb. 19 that four Chinese soldiers died at the Galwan Valley, an India-China border region, in a violent face-off on June 15, 2020, while an Indian officer said China’s death toll was 45. It was the first deadly clash on the China-India border in the past four decades. After the…


Canada’s Death Toll From COVID 19 Surpasses 20,000 as New Flight Restrictions Begin

Canada’s official COVID-19 death toll surpassed 20,000 today, after dozens of deaths were reported in Quebec and Ontario. The sobering figure emerged after Quebec reported 31 new fatalities related to the virus and Ontario reported 43. Canada has now recorded 20,016 deaths since the first case of COVID-19 surfaced in the country just over a…


Coronavirus Deaths Rising in 30 US States Amid Winter Surge

NEW YORK—Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold. As Americans observed a national holiday Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with federal authorities to curtail travel from countries where new…


Death Toll From Violence in Sudan’s West Darfur Rises to 83

CAIRO—The death toll from tribal violence between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s West Darfur province climbed to at least 83, including women and children, a doctor’s union and aid worker said, as sporadic violence continued Sunday. The ruling sovereign council met Sunday and said security forces would be deployed to the area. The deadly clashes…


Quake Death Toll at 78 as Indonesia Struggles With String of Disasters

JAKARTA —At least 78 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province on Friday, the Search and Rescue agency (Basarnas) said on Sunday, the latest in a string of disasters to hit the Southeast Asian country. In a statement, Basarnas confirmed 78 had died, 67 of whom were from the district…


Trump: Fauci ‘Revered’ by Media, but ‘He Works for Me’

President Donald Trump on Sunday took aim at the praise Dr. Anthony Fauci has received from some, noting that the doctor is part of the Trump administration. “Dr. Fauci is revered by the LameStream Media as such a great professional, having done, they say, such an incredible job, yet he works for me and the…